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Structural highlights

Function

[RDRP_TOML] Replicase large subunit: is an RNA-dependent RNA polymerase active in viral RNA replication. Replicase small subunit: is a methyltransferase active in RNA capping and an RNA helicase. Methyltransferase displays a cytoplasmic capping enzyme activity. This function is necessary since all viral RNAs are synthesized in the cytoplasm, and host capping enzymes are restricted to the nucleus. Helicase region probably exhibits NTPase and RNA unwinding activities (Potential). It also acts as a suppressor of RNA-mediated gene silencing, also known as post-transcriptional gene silencing (PTGS), a mechanism of plant viral defense that limits the accumulation of viral RNAs. May mediate silencing suppression through either inhibition of HEN1-mediated siRNA or siRNA demethylation (By similarity).